Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Raven's Luck ❯ It Begins with a Pendant... ( Chapter 1 )

(~[Raven's POV]~)

 

Another day, another ten cents. I'd say `another dollar', but it's not worth that much anymore.

 

I collapsed onto the couch and flipped on Yu Yu Hakusho, absolutely exhausted by the hazardous day. Could my luck have possibly been more… warped? I mean, I got everything I asked for, but somehow, the universe managed to twist it around and make my day a living hell.

 

For instance, that morning, my uniform had been ironed and washed, and everything was perfect. However, upon reaching school, I'd found out that it was a uniform free day. Upon reaching first period math class, the teacher had, as I'd hoped, been a substitute, and a nice one at that. However, I'd met this particular teacher a few years ago, and she'd gotten entirely the wrong impression, so the otherwise nice teacher was now out to get me and me alone. During lunch, I found that, for once, my favourite snack was not sold out. However, I had left my lunch money at home. Then, of course, there was the fact that I'd been given only one measly page's worth of homework. Upon logging onto the internet, though, I'd discovered that there were absolutely no sources of information on that one subject at all.

 

Murphy's law was proven once again. Stupid Murphy. Stupid, twisted, disgusting luck. Oh, how I despised it.

 

I sighed, reaching into my pocket and taking out the only positive result of my day. A pendant I'd found on the road (though I'd nearly gotten ground into sidewalk paste when I'd reached down to pick it up. Stupid cars on their stupid roads).

 

I smiled softly, admiring the stone. It probably wasn't real, but it was still nice. A flawless crimson stone set in some sort of metal, in an odd, but plain shape. It was nice, though - in fact, it looked a lot like Kuronue's pendant.

 

I gave a fangirl-ish sigh at that thought, hugging the pendant close. It would be my good luck pendant from now on… though I suppose it hadn't been that lucky for Kuronue…

 

I giggled softly, turning my attention to Kurama's fight with Roto (yes, that dirty, cheating bastard who held Kurama's mother at ransom to try to win the fight at the dark tournament), absently swinging the pendant around again.

 

(~[Kurama's POV]~)

 

I could hear tittering following me. Fangirls again, I suppose. Far more concerning was Hiei, perched in a nearby tree, glaring at the fangirls. I could only hope that he wasn't going to violate his parole, that would land the both of us in prison.

 

No, he'd dropped to the ground beside me. He wasn't going to murder them. Good thing, too. It wouldn't be that big of a problem to get out of a Makai prison, but it would take a while, and my mother would worry.

 

“Good afternoon, Hiei. What brings you here on this fine day?”

 

“Hn. The toddler wants us all to go to the old hag Genkai's place. Something about a portal opening near there.”

 

“A portal, you say? Have any demons escaped through, yet?”

 

“Not yet, but the toddler's more than a little worried about it. They can't seem to figure out where it is that the portal leads to, incompetent fools.”

 

“Why not?”

 

“Hn.”

 

I suppose that was his way of saying that he didn't have a single clue without actually admitting it. I confess, it sometimes got a little annoying attempting to guess what he meant when he said that word of his.

 

I gave a sigh.

 

`Oh, well. On to Genkai's it is.'

 

A curious titter caught my sensitive hearing.

 

`Don't forget to get rid of the rabid fangirls first,' Youko reminded me.

 

“Hiei, your opinion. Do you think they'd leave me alone if they were to find out what I am?” I asked the shorter fire-demon.

 

Hiei's only response was a snort.

 

`Yeah, right,' Youko put in his two cents' worth.

 

`No one asked you,' I told the restless Youko.

 

“That's a no?” I questioned, just to make sure I'd understood correctly. You never know, Hiei could sometimes be difficult to understand.

 

“That's a no,” he confirmed.

 

Another titter. Thankfully, they couldn't quite hear us.

 

“Shall we lose them, Hiei?”

 

“Of course. Weeds gone wrong or spontaneous combustion, this time?”

 

`Combustion, combustion!' Youko cheered. `Fire, I say, FIRE!'

 

“Spontaneous combustion, I think. Will you do the honour?”

 

“With pleasure.”

 

How was it? This is the first time I've ever actually posted a story - not the first time I've ever written a story, just to clarify, but it is the first time I've posted one, so please be nice and review to tell me if I'm doing something wrong and how I can improve. Or if I should even bother continuing…

 

Anyway, please R&R! (I've always wanted to say that…)